mediation

The story

1. Latin · derived frommedius“middle”
2. Late Latin · derived frommediātiō
3. Middle French · derived frommediacion
4. Middle English · inherited frommediacion, mediacioun, medyacion, medyacyoun
5. English todaymediation

From Middle English mediacion, mediacioun, medyacion, medyacyoun from Middle French mediacion and its etymon Late Latin mediātiō, from mediārī (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate + -ion.

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